Henry Ward Beecher

Love is the river of life in the world.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.